HB 1703 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO LAND USE.

HB 1703 authorizes rodeos and rodeo activities on lands zoned for agricultural or pastoral use, removing current restrictions. This directly affects landowners and event organizers who wish to host rodeos on such properties. The bill changes land use regulations to permit these activities without requiring additional permits, effective July 1, 3000. It does not alter other land use rules or impose new fees.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Feb 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1703_HD1 → HB1703_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was revised from House District 1 to House District 2, updating the sponsor name and internal tracking metadata. Substantively, the definition of 'agricultural activities' was clarified to explicitly include rodeos on land zoned for agricultural use, and the list of permitted recreational uses was formatted with clearer punctuation to ensure riding stables and other activities are properly included.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding permitted agricultural and recreational activities was clarified to explicitly include rodeos and riding stables on zoned agricultural land, removing previous ambiguity.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'agricultural activities' was updated to explicitly state that rodeos or rodeo activities are permitted on land zoned for agricultural or pastoral use.

The list of permitted recreational uses was revised to clearly include riding stables and ensure proper grammatical structure for all listed items like day camps and picnic grounds.

TECHNICAL

Administrative metadata including the bill sponsor name, file revision numbers, and timestamp dates were updated to reflect the transition from HD1 to HD2.

Floor votes · House Feb 18, 2026

How they voted

50–0

Passed

Total votes 50

Feb 18, 2026

D Democratic40

40 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican10

10 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 18, 2026

House · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

Feb 18, 2026

House · Referred to committee

Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 392-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

Feb 13, 2026

House · Reported by committee

The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Garrett, Lee, M., Sayama, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong.

Feb 6, 2026

House · Referred to committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 53-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CAA.

Feb 3, 2026

House · Reported by committee

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

Jan 26, 2026

House · Referred to committee

Referred to WAL, CAA, JHA, referral sheet 1

Jan 21, 2026

House · Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 20, 2026

House · Introduced

Prefiled.

13 primary · 0 co-sponsors